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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1901
Page
3
Celeste Wynn stars as Winnifred Grey with Arthur Dunn as the jockey in Flipper and A Runaway Girl acts at Crawford. Pauline Hall appears for a week in light opera while features note upcoming shows and local theater lore with names like Jimmy Prowern and The Village Postmaster.
A rural school theater depicts a drill and gala day scenes for The Village Postmaster ending abruptly as rain interrupts a scene and a dramatic disclosure unfolds. The play For Hearth and Home, set in New York tenements, promises a life like tale of Millie Dryden and Hast Rhodes amid hardship and temptation at Crawford venue.
The Wilbur Opera company with Pauline Hall will begin a week long engagement at Crawford on November 4 at popular prices. The company, larger and more pretentious than recent Topeka engagements, features operas such as Fra Dinvelo Girate Giratiz The Mascou and The Chines of Normandy. A new comic opera titled A Welsh Rarebit by St Louis authors is set for trial with music by Prof Charles Kunkel. The Wilbur troupe, a 40 member company, is distinct from last season's Wilbur Kirwin group.
A Chicago Inter Ocean account describes a peculiar visitor to McVicker's during Way Down East as a shabby man unaccustomed to regular theatergoing. He reacts to box office pricing with mispronunciations and confusion, confusion over upstairs and downstairs seats leading to a brief comic exchange before purchasing a ticket.
Frank Daniels recounts a backstage tale of seeing through a mirror hat and guessing at others actions. Grace Van Studdiford from the Bostonians is signed to star as Maid Marian, reviving memories of past Chicago and Boston theater clashes and a prior resignation of Miss Grace Quive from the company.
Joseph Jefferson denies retirement rumors after his Chicago premiere. He tells reporters outside his hotel that he is not finished and recalls touring six cities in as many nights, resisting the notion his stage days are over.
A sympathetic profile recalls a young man’s actions during a morning event, noting memory and the elder writer’s obituary tone. The piece reflects on Chicago’s past, the veteran speaker’s wit, and the crowd’s laughter as hopes linger despite fears of aging.
M Rostand author of Cyrano de Bergerac plans a U S tour soon with a Chicago stay and multiple addresses under Alliance Francaise sponsorship. He will spend holidays in Washington with his sister wife of embassy official, with a January Chicago visit expected.
Canadian band known as The Kilties will perform at Marshall's Auditorium on December 1 under Mereshall's auspices. The program features English and Scottish players in Highlander uniforms with bagpipes. Proceeds benefit Marshall's fund. The article notes historical references to J. H. Haverly and various theater notes.
Alte of Old Vincennes stars in a Virginia tour while Harrison Burned contends with delays over a new dramatic version of The Fourth. London-bound Pip Dome plans a part in India with Teruel Sherrie Matthews. Hew play Pettleau Bayonets tops the Chicago bill. Miss Lane Cuwee Archie Boyd attend London comedy film Vermont first staged in New Mingland. Pauline Hall sings with Wilbur Opera Company touring West. Topeka appearance next month. Hamlet retitled Khoone-Na-Hak in India with added light comedy. Ophelia gains a second lover. Doll Varden run in Montreal pauses after injuries. Miss Glaner recovers, Ada Palmer Walker steps in. Clyde Pitch denies writing banished plays. fifteen companies to stage works this season. Lave Lane, written five years ago, to be presented. Amelia Bingham’s husband, to read New York newspaper on plays offered for production. The exertion aims to pick strong plays amid hundreds offered.
Paris faces a pearl famine as demand soars and prices rise for pearls. In 1761 Linnaeus claimed a mussel method to induce pearl production and offered it for Sweden's benefit. Bechman reported seeing nine pearls. Linnaeus sold the secret to Bagge of Gothenburg. In 1780 Linnaeus heirs sought to sell the sealed manuscript to the highest bidder through a London Chronicle note.
Fort Wayne based Dr James W Kidd announces a secret elixir that supposedly cures all diseases. He claims remarkable recoveries from rheumatism neuralgia stomach and lung ailments and offers the remedy free by mail to any sufferer.
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